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A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
Title
A Comparison of Factors that Influence the Quality of PEPs in Title I Schools
Author
Williams, Connie
Date Created
2009
Subjects--Topical
Education, Education, Elementary, Curriculum planning
Description
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between school-based organizational structures that support teachers' development of Personalized Education Plans (PEPs) and their quality as written for third through fifth grade stude...
AN UNFULFILLED DREAM OF AN URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: A FAILED EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Title
AN UNFULFILLED DREAM OF AN URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: A FAILED EXPERIMENT IN EDUCATIONAL REFORM
Author
Doyle, Kerri
Date Created
2013
Subjects--Topical
Education, Curriculum planning, Educational sociology
Description
This research presents the qualitative case study of an urban community school initiative that began as an educational reform effort and that ultimately failed. The process of emergence for this school and factors leading to its collapse are descr...
Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
Title
Afrocentricity for all: A case study examining the self-healing power of alternative curricula as a mediating tool of inclusion
Author
Watson, Marcia
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Education, Curriculum planning, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
Student achievement and school reform are some of the most pervasive topics in public school discourse. However, the curriculum is one area that remains virtually unchanged across U.S. schools. The efflorescence of federal legislative policies, su...
Science as a critical method for deconstructing diversity discourse: Towards an anti-racist teacher education
Title
Science as a critical method for deconstructing diversity discourse: Towards an anti-racist teacher education
Author
Ash, Alfred
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Education, Teachers--Training of, Curriculum planning
Description
This study is informed by an understanding of cultural incongruities in the classroom, and a critical postmodern science framework that recognizes the need for an interpretive and incisive approach for teaching about diversity issues in teacher ed...
The Effects of a College Preparatory Program on Social Capital, Student Achievement, and College Matriculation
Title
The Effects of a College Preparatory Program on Social Capital, Student Achievement, and College Matriculation
Author
Mack, Victor
Date Created
2012
Subjects--Topical
Education, Curriculum planning
Description
With an unstable economy and non-diverse populations in STEM-related majors and fields, the United States of America is faced with unprecedented challenges in meeting the growing demands of a technical society. The lack of minorities in STEM-relat...
USING THE CONTEXTUALIZED INTERACTION MODEL TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN TEACHER BELIEFS
Title
USING THE CONTEXTUALIZED INTERACTION MODEL TO EXAMINE CHANGES IN TEACHER BELIEFS
Author
Neale, Henry
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Education, Educational leadership, Curriculum planning
Description
With the increased importance placed on the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout the world but particularly in the United States, research in mathematics education has become widely recognized as critical to e...